Opponents on the defense and prosecution sides of a murder trial descended into chaos after state police arrested the defendant's attorney in the wake of mistrial.

West Virginia's strong compulsory vaccination law could be weakened by parents trying to force the West Virginia Board of Education to recognize their religious or philosophical exemption. While there are no religious or philosophical exemptions under state law, the state's Republican Governor, Patrick Morrisey, tried to end run the state legislature and force those exemptions through executive order.

Raleigh County's former prosecuting attorney faces additional lawsuits after resigning in disgrace over misconduct in the workplace.

A fraught legal case over West Virginia's compulsory vaccine law descended into accusations of sandbagging on day two of a bench trial held at Raleigh County Courthouse.